Our Lady of Mercy hosted Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy on Friday night and lost 45-22.
Once again, Our Lady of Mercy’s offense generated a lot of yards and points, but the defense had a hard time stopping the Chargers.

Mike and Kevin discuss the continuing winning streaks of Fayette County, Whitewater and Landmark, while also discussing Sandy Creek’s win over Central, Carroll and Our Lady of Mercy’s loss to Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy.

Fayette County’s vastly underrated defense might have earned a new nickname — the “Black and Gold Swarm” defense.

The Whitewater Wildcats capitalized on a blocked punt early in their game against McIntosh and never looked back.

Whitewater defeated McIntosh 27-0 and got touchdown runs from Austin Faulkner, Thomas Frierson and David Byrd. Faulkner’s touchdown was a one yard run in the first quarter, Frierson scored on a two yard run in the second quarter and a 55 yard run in the third quarter and Byrd scored on a 35 yard keeper just over two minutes later.

Fayette County - 28 Creekside -0

Whitewater - 27 McIntosh - 0

Landmark Christian - 31 Whitefield Academy - 13

Fayette County @ Creekside
Whitewater @ McIntosh
OLM vs. ELCA
Landmark @ Whitefield
Sandy Creek @ Central, Carroll
UGA vs. Vandy

Mike and Kevin preview Friday night's football games and make their picks.

The Northgate Lady Vikings are the queens of Region 2-AAAA.

Northgate defeated the McIntosh Lady Chiefs twice Thursday, 5-1 and 2-1, to win the Region 2-AAAA championship at McCurry Park in Fayetteville.

East Coweta Indians (5-1, 2-0) vs. Tri-Cities Bulldogs (0-6, 0-2)

Last week: East Coweta defeated Morrow 58-7, Tri-Cities lost to Hiram 5-0.

As the local volleyball teams prepare to enter tough area tournaments and the ultra-competitive state tournaments, they are facing the best competition they can.

How do you have a wonderful time with the entire family, get some great exercise, and contribute to a number of charities all at the same time? One local family has discovered how by running together in the Peachtree City Classic road race. Everyone knows the benefits of exercise but few actually set the example better than the Anders family here in Peachtree City.

Peachtree City’s local swim club, Southern Crescent Aquatic Team, dominated the annual Fall Classic hosted by the Columbus Hurricanes held September 28-29. The team won by over 1,000 points.

The McIntosh Lady Chiefs now know who they will play tomorrow in the Region 2-AAAA softball tournament championship game — the Northgate Lady Vikings.

Sports editor Michael Boylan and sports staff writer Kevin Wandra discuss the region softball tournaments and area volleyball action on the Wednesday edition of The Citizen Sports Blitz.

The McIntosh Lady Chiefs are now one victory away from winning the Region 2-AAAA championship.

No. 2 seed McIntosh defeated fourth-seeded Starr’s Mill 2-1, then handed top-seeded Northgate its first region loss of the season, 1-0, Tuesday to advance to the region championship game Thursday at McCurry Park in Fayetteville.

Katelyn Furbee from the FCYSL U8 Girls Strikers team means serious business as she roars down the field to make a goal. Photo/Michael Silverman.

Getting to know ...

• Whitewater softball player Tess Echols (sr.)

• Significant accomplishments: Verbally committed to play softball at Georgia. As a freshman in 2004, was the first softball player in Whitewater history to be named to both all-county and all-region teams. First four-year starter in softball in school history. Has lettered in four different sports: softball, basketball, track and golf. Lettered in high academics (a 93 or above in all classes) freshman year, and has been on the honor roll ever since.

Landmark boys placed fourth in the afternoon portion of the Alexander Asics Invitational.
Their top five boys were:

McIntosh defeated Creekside 18-0 in three innings to open the region 2-AAAA tournament. The Lady Chiefs scored all 18 of their runs in the first inning. Jessica Conaway went 3-for-3 with five RBIs, Holly Houghton went 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs and Amber Shaw went 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs. Others driving in runs for McIntosh in the win were Nicole Fox, Ariel Shaw, Aimee McKibbin and Kara Wright.

Sandy Creek had a chance Friday to knock off defending Region 6-AAA champion Cartersville, holding a 16-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

The top six finishers at the first Dragon Boat races in Peachtree City were: 1. Dragon Boat of Atlanta, 1:09.02 2. Dragon Flies, 1:09.31 3. Air Tran, 1:09.65 4. World Gym, 1:09.89 5. Hella A, 1:10.23 6. Pace GeoTechnical, 1:10.52

The Citizen finished with a time of 1:15.08 ahead of City of Peachtree City’s 1:15.10.

With their 44-34 win over Glascock County last Friday, Our Lady of Mercy’s football team has won three games in a row for the first time in school history. It is the first time ever that the Bobcats have won three games in a season.

Mike Boylan and Kevin Wandra talk about the football games from Friday, Oct. 5, 2007.

Whitewater - 20 Banneker - 12

Starr's Mill - 27 McIntosh - 0

Cartersville - 17 Sandy Creek 16

Our Lady of Mercy - 44 Glascock County - 34

Whitewater celebrated their homecoming by hosting Banneker and winning 20-12.

Starr’s Mill made two significant changes Friday, and both paid off in its 27-0 victory over Region 2-AAAA rival McIntosh on homecoming night at Panther Stadium in Fayetteville.

Landmark Christian (1-3) vs. Bowdon (2-3)

McIntosh (1-3) @ Starr’s Mill (2-3)

Our Lady of Mercy (2-2) @ Glascock County (1-4)

Mike and Kevin discuss tonight's high school football match-ups and make their picks.